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We investigate behavior of optimal hedge fund leverage in a fund that has a compensation contract with high-water mark and hurdle rate provisions. A risk neutral fund manager can continuously reallocate assets while she obtains management and performance fees in discrete time moments. We find...
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The distribution strategies of mutual funds directly or indirectly affect both their growth and their revenues. The extent of resources dedicated by a fund to its distribution channel(s) is therefore an important strategic decision. For a sample of US diversified equity mutual funds in the...
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We show that risk-sharing considerations rationalize symmetric benchmark-adjusted ("fulcrum") fees in the compensation of informed active fund management. By tying fees symmetrically to the appropriate benchmark, investors can tilt a fund portfolio toward their optimal risk exposure and realize...
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Active fee is the ratio between the excess cost of active management over the index alternative and the fund's activity level. We suggest a simple model that explains active capital allocations in the presence of time-varying active fee. We show that investors respond in accordance with the...
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This paper applies specific quantitative methods to demonstrate a general theoretical model for measuring strategic performance. The theoretical concepts are universal and measurable for all types of strategic activity by applying the methodology through alternative quantitative analytical...
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literature, and the general perception of diversification benefits within cryptomarkets mostly builds on popular beliefs. The …
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The paper presents the essence and ways of limiting the level of investment risk through the processes of diversifying the composition of investment portfolios. The paper shows types of deposit portfolios. The author analyzed the profitability of deposit portfolios with various share of...
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(FOFs). In this paper we examine a new database that separates out for the first time the effects of diversification (the … variance reducing effects of diversification peter out once FOFs hold more than 20 underlying hedge funds. Yet the majority of … FOFs are more diversified than this. We find a new and surprising result that this excess diversification actually …
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diversification into VIX futures is ex-ante optimal for standard mean-variance investors, then extend this to include skewness … study shows that skewness preference increases the frequency of diversification, but out-of-sample the optimally …
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